Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1931, Page 5

WARRENTON YOUTH WINSORATORYTEST Upperville Girl Is Second in| Fauquier: County Speak- ing Contest. ~ Speaking before an audience of more ¥han 300 persons, George H. Davis, jr., 17-year-old junior in the Warrenton High School, last night won the right to represent Fauquier County in. the Virginia district finals of The Eve- ning Star’s area in the National Or: fYorical Contest. Davis, who is the son of Dr. George | H. Davis of Warrenton, exhibited great poise and deliberation in delivering his oration on “Origins of the Constitution.” Miss Lucy Ellis of Upperville High School, was voted' a close second by; Judges Prof. Elmer Louis Kayser, secre- tary of George Washington University and Miss Florence McCracken and Miss both cf the Webster | ch. Mildren Smith of Remington High School, was third. Superintendent Speaks. Supt. of Schools W. H. Thomas, act- ing as chairman cf the meeting, deliv- ered a brief introductory address.in which he praised the .work of the Fau- quier schools in the 1931 contest, point- ing out that the county high schools participated 100 per cent strong ‘in th primary stages cf the work, and laude the influence of this endeavor in de- veloping forensic ability among the students in the Fauquier territory. The young Warrenton orator Te- ceive a gold medal awarded by The Star to each county winner in its area. Davis has taken part in fcot ball, basket ball and track at his school, and is a_member of the literary so- ciety. Following his graduation in June of 1932 he will study law at the Uni- versity of Virginia. ; ni’ second of the series of Virginia liminaries scheduled for this' week will be held tonight ‘at ‘the George Mason High School, Alexandria, Va. when two orators from each of the %}l schools in the City of Alexandria compete for the honor of represent- ing the city at- the Virginia finals. Speakers On- Equal Basis. Both speakers from Alexandria High and George Mason School participate on an equal basis, any one of the four entered having the same opportuhityto win first honors. Haywood Davis of Alexandria High will speak on “The Constitution, the Guarantee of Liberty to the Individual,” while his school mates and fellow contestant, Francis Rosenberger, has selected “The.Case of McCulloch vs. Maryland” as a topic. For George Ma- son Miss Jessica Buck will expound “The Part of the Individual in the Interpretation of the Constitution” and John S. Nixon will speak on “The Con- stiution as a Source of National Pa- triotism.” Judges for tonight's event will be Dr. Grace Holmes, teacher at Eastern High ), Washington; Dr. Prank W. Collier, professor of philosophy at American University, and Dr. J. Orin Powers, associate professor of education at George Washington University. Supt. of Schools R. C. Bowton will preside. JURORS WILL SIFT BONDSMEN'S FEES, Alleged Tie-up With Officers in Prince Georges Is Charged THE EV NING ~ STAR, WASHINGTON. R. C. BOWTON, Superintendent of schools in the City of Alexandria, who will preside this eve- ning at the Alexandria finals of The Evening Star’'s area in the National Oratorical Contest. APPEAL WRIT DENIE ORPHANS’ TREASURER Virginia Court Refuses Request in Case of James P. Jones, Delegate in Legislature. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND. Va. April James P. Jones, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, convicted of em- bezzling funds from the Virginia Methodist ,Orphanage while serving as treasurer, ‘was refused a writ of error 8 today by the Virginia Supreme Court | of Appeals. * Jones, under sentence of five years in the penitentiary, is at liberty under $15,000 bond. ‘The refusal of the appellate court to review the record of the trial court means that Jones must begin serving | the penitentiary sentence, which had been suspended pending action’ of an appeal. R Jones was relieved of his duties as treasurer of .the orphanage last June when auditors reported a shortage of approximately $35000 in his- books. Jones claimed the differences were mat- ters of bookkeeping and no shortage existed. Shortly afterward the crphan- age board announced that satisfactory settlement had been made. - Commonwealth’s Atiorney Dave E. Sattérfield of Richmond ordered Jones' arrest on September 18, after the dis~ covery of alleged new evidence. Six true bills were returned against him later by & grand jury. Jones was allowed to make a separate audit of the books before his trial opened October 28. He claimed on the basis of this audit that instead of a shortage the orphanage board owed him approximately $24,000. Under cross-ex- amination J. M. Culbreth, the auditor employed by Jones, admitted errors in his accounts which caused Jones’ coun- | sel to ask that his testimony be dis- missed. Jones is a former treasurer of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League, a former president of the local Y. M. C. A. and was treasurer of the orphanage for sev- eral years. Benefit Dance Planned. BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md., April 8 (Special).—A dance for_the benefit of the Prince Georges County Rescue Squad will be given in the Beaver Dam COLUMBIA CITIZENS - ELECTIONS CALLED Poor Attendance Given as| Reason—Move Set Afoot for Northwest Play Center. | | Because attendance was far below | expectation marks, the Columbia Park | Citizens' Association last night, by a | unanimous vote, set aside the by-laws |of its constitution and postponed the | election and nomination of officers to | next month. Last night's meeting was | held In the George Truesdale Schocl, Fifth and Hamilton streets. | A communication was read from the | Petworth Citizens' Association asking | that the Columbia Park group join |with the Piney Branch, Brightwood, Takoma Park and Petworth associa- tions in an effort t secure a general secreational center for the section. The communication asked for the designa- | | | tion of two members to meet with rep- | | resentatives of the above groups at an | organization mceting in the Macfar- land Junior High School Friday night. Truck Takes D. C.” WEDNESDAY, Dry Plunge LANDS IN WARDMAN PARK HOTEL SWIMMING POOL. C. B. Reichard and Leo McDonald were | | appointed by the president, E. F.| Neagle, after approval of the plan by the members’ body. In response to a request of the Fed- | eration of Citizens' Associations that members’ units co-operate with the | Cenural Bicentennial Committee of the | federaticn, a committce of four was | | named last night, to be-subject to the | call of the Central Committee and o | work with them. E. J. Matchett, Leo | McDonald, George Fisher and Mr: | F. Neagle were named as the assisting v committee, i SRy ol ’ | ISSUE IS OPPOSEDi ‘Water Fund Accounting First Demand by County Group. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYON PARK, Va., April 8—It was clearly indicated at a meeting of the Arlington County Civic Federation here last night that suggestion of the Board of Supervisors that a bond issue may be ne; ry to increase the capacity of the water mains from the Dalecarlia Reservoir to the county reservoir, will be frowned on by that organization until certain matters in connection with the finaneing of the local system are satisfactorily_ explained. Acting on motion of Mrs. Florence | E. cannon and_suggestion of L. C. | McNemar, the Sanitation and Public Health Committee was instructed to | ascertain from the board why current revenues are being used for lateral ex- tensions and if it is true that many water users are not paying their bills |and that there are many delinquents on_the front footage assessment. Information relative to the expendi- | ture of current revenues fore lateral | | extensions was sought after Robert E. | Plymale, chairman of the Saniation |and Public Health Committee, read a letter from County Engineer Kinnier stating that a reduction in the water rate, which the federation claims was promised when the number of sub- scribers had been increased 1,000, jout of the question at this time, du {to an expenditure of approximatel $150,000 for extensions. The expendi | ture, the letter states, was 'an emer- . body Schools. APRIL: 8, ‘1931, BYRD SHIP T0 AID SERVICEMEN'S CLUB Proceeds Friday to Be Used in Equipping New Annex on L Street. HIS moving van went out of control last night rounding a curve in the roadway in the rear of Wardman Park Hotel and landed, right side up, in the Wardman Park Hotel swimming pool. dry. The driver was not injured. CARBERY CLASSES SHIT AFTER FRE Kindergarten Children to Be Sent to Peabody and Fourth Grade to Hilton. | With two of its classes moved to neighboring buildings, the Carbery Schocl, which Saturday night was threatened with destruction by flames, apparently of incendiary origin, will be reopened Monday, following the close of the Easter holiday: The kindergarten class, In whose room | the flames were confined following their | spread from an adjoining cloak room, | will ‘be transferred to the Peabody School, three blocks away, where it will alternate with the kindergarten of that room on morning and afternoon sched- | ules. Miss H. M. Soule, kindergarten teacher at the Carbery School, will remain in charge of her pupils at their | temporary location | The Carbery School’s fourth grade, | which occupied the rcom immediately | | over the damaged kindergarten, will be transferred to the Hilton School, where | Miss Florence G. Richardson, its regu- | Jar teacher, will continue the course in | a spare room. Plans for the transfer of | the two classes are being perfected by | Miss M. Gertrude Young, administrative principal of the Carbery-Hilton-Pea- ’ Meanwhile, repairs to the burned-out | class room are being rushed forward by a staff of workmen from the District of Columbia repair shop. The workmen | have been on the job since Sunday, and | Fortunately the po:l was ~Star Staff Photo. VIRGINIA FIRE RATE CASE IS POSTPONED Arguments Scheduled for June Put Off Until No- vemker Term. e Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. April 8.—The so- called Virginia fire rate case appealed from a ruling of the State Corporation Commission ordering a reduction in rates approx'mating a million dollars will not be argued before the State Court of Appeals until the November term of this year, it was learned today. It was planned for it to be argued at the June term, but due to delay in pre- | paring the voluminous records in the case it was necessary to delay the argu- | ment until the Nomember term, which will be held here. If the case is argued then, a decision will probably be given at the ensuing January term. SWEDISH POET DIES STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 8 (#).— Dr. Erik Axel Karlfeldt, permanent sec- retary of the Swedish Academy, which snnually awards the Nobel prize in lit. crature, died last night from a combin: tion of bronchitis and heart weakness. Long regarded as one of Sweden's most gifted \poet, Dr. Karlfeldt's poetry, was chiefly concerned with the life and customs of the Dalecarlian peasants from whose stock he sprang. He was elected one of the 18 members of the | New York, which arrived in Washing- | | ton about 10 days ago and lies at the Admiral Byrd’s famous ship, City of | Three Youths Die After Clinging to . High Perch 20 Hours By the Associated Press. VIENNA, April 8.—For 20 hours three youths maintained ‘a pre- carious perch 6,800 feet up on the glassy, slippery slope of Grossen Buchstein, witle they shouted to make their voices heard fo a res- cue crew climbing up to aid them. Before dawn‘today, exhausted, they gave up the fight, released their hold and slid to death at the faot of a rocky crevasse, many thousand feet below. The relief, crew, which had been nearly up to them, recovered their bodies. foot of Seventh and Water streets, oven | to the publit for daily inspection at a | moderate fee, will turn over all pro- ceeds received from visitors Friday, to [ be used in the furnishing and equip- | ment of the new annex of the Sojdiers, | street | Sailors and Marine Club House, on L | | port for Byrd and his courageous band, | s now making a tour of the seaport cities to raise sufficlent funds to make good the deficit incurred by tho costly | exploration of the South Pole regions. | | Amundsen’s Sled Shown. sembled exhibit—the real offering to | an_interested public. | ‘The sled used by Amurdsen on his | Byrd's scientists in explorations of the | south polar lands, where rich deposits | | of coal, copper and some gold were dis- | | covered. One of the most interesting collec- | tions is one that might be called the | bootery. Here, every type of foot ard | leg covering used to prevent freezing while working upon the construction of Liitle America, as well as on Antarctic hikes, is to be seen. Fleece-lined shoes, caribou boots, queer, ungainly boot lin- | ings of every sort imaginable, were used to keep the pedal extremities of the explorers from freezing in a cli- | mate where it was unsafe for one per- | son to journey alone beyond the camp | fireside. Foods Are Exhibited. De-hydrated food stuffs, vegetables and fruits, are arranged in ‘“appetiz- ing” order under a glass case. A big block of pemmican, looking more ljke dog biscuit than anything else, sug- gests the thought of how fortunate it | was that only one bite of this concen- trated food was necessary to sustain a man for several hours: Several varicties of mounted seals were included in the South Pole exhibit. | One of this group was pointed out as | | the species which furnished fresh meat to the men. Wooden spoons were used in eating all food out-of-doors, as metal spoons would have frozen to the lips. Nothing is more interesting, however, than the carefully reproduced model of the settlement, Little America, which lies stretched beneath a glass case, vividly portraying every wireless an- tennae, every subterranean entrance, and every small building constructed for the year's rzsidence of the exhibi- tion at the South Pole. Dog Team Present. Six “huskies” used in drawing sleds, also have come to Washington with the City of New York, and gaze indiffer-| |ently upon the sightseers, who pass | their kennels on the dock alongside which lies the ship. Officials of the “City of New York” | offered the attractions of their famous ship to the Women's Army and Navy | League to be used in raising funds fgr | the service men’s club house. Mrs. George C. Thorpe is chairman | of the Arrangement Committee, for the | Priday visit to the Scuth Pole ship, and | Mrs. Henry T. Allen is chairman of the ‘The sturdy old Norwegian barkentine, | | brought over from its native country to | | be_converted into an Antarctic trans- | On the ‘tween deck space, below the | | top deck, is to be seen the carefully as- | journey to the South Pole in 1911 is| to be seen close to the one used by | northwest corner of the THREE MEN HURT One Seriously Injured in Crash—Owner of Parked Car Charged. —-— Three men were injured, one of them seriously, when two automobiles collided at the corner of Seventesnth and M streets today. The vision of one of the drivers was said to have been ob- scured by a car parked in front of & stop sign. George Clinton Fowler, 40, of Annap- Md., owner of the parked car, was arrested by police of the third precinct for parking within 25 feet of a stop sign, but was released later on posting $3_collateral, Ever:tt Robey, 23, a passenger in one of the machines, a light truck, is in | Emergency Hospital, where he is said | to be injured internally, as well as suf- fering from bruises and cuts, and a | scalp abrasion. | ‘The others injured, George Washing- | ton Trevener, 51, of 1428 Taylor street, | driver of the other car, and Ernest Jackson, colored, 31, driver of the car in which Robey was riding, were treated for slight bruises and cuts. The accident occurred, according to police, when the large sedan driven by | Trevener, going west on M street, crashed into the side of the light truck going north on Seventeenth street, pil- ing both vehicles against a tree at th intersection. ‘Trevener could and damaging both. | not see the stop sign at the northeast corner of the intersection for the car of Fowler, which was parked directly {in front of it, police said. Jackson, Robey and Dorothy Hall, colored, passengers in the light truck, are all employed at Harmony Hall, home of Charles W. Collins, at Broad Creek, in Southern Maryland. They had come to Washington on business for_their employer, they said. Walter Baddy, 524 Tenth street northeast, ‘and Harvey Gordon, 192! Twelfth street, passengers in the Tre vener car, were not injured. COIN DESIGNS SOUGHT Prominent artists throughout the country will be invited Secretary of the Treasury Mellon within the next few days to submit designs for the new quarter dollar, generally known as the ‘‘George Washington Bicentennial Quar- ter,” to be issued next year. The new quarter, authorized by the | last Congress, will be the first United States coin of regular lssue to bear the image of George Washington and will commemorate the 200th anniversary of ‘s birth. FAIRFAX FEARFUL OFRULING ON TAX Order Against Lowering As- sessments to Cause Sur- plus of $130,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. PAIRFAX, Va, April 8.—Probable effect on Pairfax County revenues this coming year of the decision of the State | Supreme Court of Appeals, which de- | clared illegal all blanket reductions in | real estate valuations by Boards of | Equalization, was' discussed yesterday at some length by members of the County o | 8chooi Board and Commonwealth's At- *| torney Wilson M. Farr. o | The city of Lynchburg last year had | & reassessment of real estate by the ; Board of Assessors. The Board of | Equalization later entered a blanket order feducing all assessments 20 per | cent. The city council asked the com- missioner of revenue to di rd this blanket order and to extend levies on the basis of original assessments. Upon his refusal, the council appealed to the State Supreme Court, which granted a writ of mandamus com- pelling the commissioner to use the first assessment. Judge pes. who read the court's | opinion, held that the Lynchburg Board | of Equalization by a blanket cut bad | constituted itself a Board of Assess- | ment instead of & Board of Equalization |and Review. As there is no constitu- tional question involved which would permit carrying this case to the United | States Supreme Court, Thursday's rul- | ing in this case is regarded as final. Fairfax and Al<xandria City followed similar procedure. Acting on repeated | requests from the State for a reassess- ment of real estate, and under authority | of the special measure passed at the | last Legislature, Boards of Assessment |and later of Equalization and Review | were appointed. The 1 assess- ment in Fairfax County was on a basis | of 50 per cent rea! values. In Alexan- dria the valuation was on a 100 per cent | basis. The Boards of Equalization later made several hundred individual | changes, and, before it went out of existence, complisd with requests made by the Board of Supervisors and eit; council, and made blanket cuts in lfi | assessments of one-third in Fairfax \gftunty and one-half in Alexandria Y. ’ DR. RETURN J. MEIGS | DIES IN NEW ENGLAND | Eye and Ear Specialist Was Grand- son of District Supreme Court Clerk. | Dr. Return Jonathan Meigs, whose | srandfather, Return Jonathan Meigs, d, was for many years clerk of the District Supreme Court, died Monday in Low:ll, Mass.. according to word re~ ceived here today. Dr. Meigs, an eye and ear specialist, was a son of Joe V. Meigs. He was 60 iyelrl old. The grandfather s:rved as flerlk”c:( the court here until his death in 3 The Christian names Return Jon< | athan came into being just after the | battle of Concord Bridge during the Revolutionary War. Jonathan Meigs had returned home to his wife after participating in the battle. A child had been born during his absence, and as he peered into his home his wife call- ed to him, “Return, Jonathan.” The | patriotic Meigs decided such .a greeting hould be | g:ncy brought about by the drought | every effort will be made to complete | Academy in 1904 and since 1907 had | \of the past year. It is to repiace the 25-cent after such an historic evesit, the reconstruction in a short time. been a member of the Nobel committee. 916. Finance Committee. piece which has been minted since 191 by Court. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. , Md., April 8.— investigation of the alleged activities of constables and professional bondsmen and garage men of the county in con- nection with persons frequently arrested on trivial automobile law violations. When the jury was charged on open- ing of the court Monday, Chief Judge ‘W. Mitchell Digges urged it to investi- gate “existing conditions in regard to the practices of professional bondsmen, which have been the source of much eriticism.” Numerous complaings and allegations to county commissioners that constables and professional bondsmen are working together to collect exorbi- tant fees for bail after motorists have been arrested is thought to have glmmpled Judge Digges to urge that e [()’l;!obenbe mld:. 5 Jue igges also called the atten- tion of the grand jury to what he de- scribed as a “towing menace,” in which constables, after arresting motorists, are supposed to have had their machines towed to garages where, it is alleged, excessive charges for towing, storage and unordered repairs were alleged to have 'n made. In his charge to the jury Judge Digges also recommended that an investigation be made of the conditions in the county Jail and almshouse. ‘The jury was also lectured on its duties, Judge Digges urging that it be fair and impartial, just, thorough and fearless. Associate Judge Joseph C. Mattingly is sitting with Chief Judge 5. Hearing of appeals on civil cases oc- cupied the petit jury yesterday. The grand jury is not expected to bring in first. group of indictments until to- morrow or Friday. PREPARE FOR PILGRIMAGE | NEW YORK, April 8 (#.—A large detachment of Army officers will sail on the George Washington Saturday to prepare for the pilgrimage of the second group of American War Mothers to the graves of their soldier sons ix Prance, It is estimated 2,500 mothers will go abroad at Government expense befors the Summer is ended. ‘The first_contingent will sail May 6 from New York and remain in France until May 28, | New 1st Quality Per square foot. . . 3c Also Plaster Board and Celotex Insulating Board 3—Branches—3 MAIN OFFICE- 152 (] n-rowwssus‘gg::f;'zi 0D-8925Ge Ave.N.W. Couniry Club Priday night. Most good soaps have an antisep- tic value, which is to be desired. in- esmuch a3 our skin holds thousands ‘of bacteria in the impurities elimi- nated and in the grime and dust ac- cumulated from exposure each.day. “Hard water”. whic! ering qualit; for any q “beneficial water soaps as high lati water, are n teract, to slightly 1ril water. ‘When sele price of the soap is not a very cer- tain index of its quality. In business today there are many factors which contribute to the fluctuation of prices in & staple aeticle of this kingd. Often synthetic perfumes, colorings, fancy wrappers increase the cost though failing to insure the buyer i soap made of any finer oils with Au absence of caustic alkali which would be most agreeable for th» skin. These things should be taksn into consideration. 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For several years he was Financial Secretary of the National Association of Hairdressers. In 1922 he was made delegate to the International Conven- tion of Hairdressers which was held in Paris and was to present a gift from the hairdressers of the United States to Mansieur Mar- cel, who invented the marcel wave, on the occasion of Marcel's seventieth birthday. Honors have been heaped upon Mr. Rohde during his long and successful career. In 1927 he organizsed a trip to Europe and took a party of his eol- leagues to study the methods of the tamous foreign specialists. Willlam Hepner, head of all the Hepner beauty salons, has lots of theories about beauty, but particu- larly he has something to say about washing the face. He urges women to avold soaps that frritate and dry and chap, yet he insists on soap and to differentiate between the ‘soaps| made of neutral ofls and those other- wise composed. With the former type| a thick creamy lather may be easily obtained in only luke warm water, while with the latter type, the best lathering quality is obtained at a water cleansing. And so do thousands of other experts aly over the world much er temperature ‘and the| lather is of & frothy, bubbly nature.